Bubbles bubbles everywhere!

I've become obsessed with Pinterest.com lately. I could spend all day just browsing around at all of the cool ideas!  One "pin" that caught my attention the other day was "the world's best bubbles" - by AshleyAnnPhotography.  And, I found another website with two recipes and a great idea for bubble solution storage and dispensing at ComeTogetherKids.

Here are the two recipes:

Recipe #1

•  1 gallon hot water
•  1/4 cup glycerin (available in many pharmacies and craft stores)
•  1 cup Dawn dishwashing liquid

Gently mix all ingredients together.  Seems to work best if you allow it to sit overnight in an open container before using for the first time.


Recipe #2

• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 1/2 cup Dawn dishwashing liquid

Put water and corn syrup in a bowl and microwave for 3-4 minutes.  Stir to combine.  Gently mix in dishwashing liquid.

So, last week I decided to put one to the test.  I happened to have glycerin available, so we used that recipe.  Some recipes say to use unscented clear Dawn.  Many say to use Dawn dish soap. I used regular Dawn blue. A last minute idea hit me as I walked out into the garage and stepped on the badminton racket.  Hmmmm......a pizza pan and a bent handle racket.....Hmmmm?

Here are the results:

My "Bubble Refill Station," pizza pan and bent handle racket.

 Turned out this was a great "active" bubble blowing session.  Grammy J made the bubbles and Soph chased them and popped them with her racket.  I guess I could call these Badminton Bubbles??? The bubbles came out kind of snake-like. It was pretty cool and loads of fun.

This picture shows the snake-like bubbles.  I read somewhere that you can make the snake bubbles by using terry cloth around the end of an empty papertowel roll secured on with a rubberband.  Easy and cheap!

I am convinced Grammy J had just as much, if not more, fun as Soph.